Wheat-germ agglutination of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. A laboratory investigation.
Wheat-germ agglutination (WGA) was used to identify 168 strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and 105 strains of other Neisseria species in a routine laboratory. About one-third of the meningococci reacted with the lectin and titres with some organisms varied on repeat testing. The technique is regarded as unreliable for the identification of Neisseria species.
D000371:Agglutination; D037102:Lectins / Q000276:immunology*; D009343:Neisseria / Q000276:immunology; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000276:immunology*; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000276:immunology; D013045:Species Specificity; D014909:Wheat Germ Agglutinins
D037102:Lectins; D014909:Wheat Germ Agglutinins